yalua

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *yaːlwa. Compare Classical Nahuatl yālhua (“yesterday”).

Adverb

yalua

  1. yesterday

Derived terms

References
  • Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎ (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 249

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *yaːlwa. Compare Classical Nahuatl yālhua (“yesterday”).

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /jaːˈluwa/
  • (Nahuizalco) IPA(key): /jaˈluwa/
  • (Jicalapa) IPA(key): /jaˈlʲuwa/

Adverb

yālua

  1. yesterday
    Nikujki ne kawayu ne tikitak yalua
    I bought the horse you saw yesterday
  • yēpta (“day before yesterday”)
  • āshān (“today”)
  • mūsta (“tomorrow”)
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